Warren Jeffs Trial: Day 13

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Warren Jeffs, leader of the polygamy-sanctioning Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is placed into the back of a waiting car after a jury of 10 women and two men sentenced him to life plus 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Jeffs was found guilty on one count of sexual assault of a child and one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child last week.

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Rebecca Musser, former wife of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints prophet Rulon Jeffs, makes a statement to the media after the conviction and sentencing of current FLDS leader Warren Jeffs in San Angelo, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. Jeffs received life in prison plus 20 years and a $10, 000 fine after being found guilty of sexual assault of a child and aggravated sexual assault of a child.

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Convicted polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs is escorted into the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 by Sgt. Wesley Hensley of the Texas Attorney General's Office. Jeffs was found guilty on two counts of sexual assault of a child and received life plus 20 years in prison.

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Brent Jeffs, nephew of convicted polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs, enters the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 in San Angelo. Jeffs was a witness for the prosecution and said he was abused by the sect leader when he was 5 years old. Warren Jeffs was found guilty on two counts of sexual assault of a child.

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Rebecca Musser, the 19th wife of former Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints prophet Rulon Jeffs, makes her first statement to the media after a jury sentenced Warren Jeffs to life plus 20 years in prison for one count of sexual assault of a child and one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child. "What I've witnessed here is not the persecution of a church," Musser said.

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State prosecutor Eric Nichols (right) reads a statement in front of the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 after polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison by a Tom Green County jury. Jeffs was found guilty last week on one count of sexual assault of a child and one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

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Polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs is walked from the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 after a jury took just 40 minutes to give him life in prison for one count of sexual assault of a child and one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

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State Prosecutor Eric Nichols arrives at the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 in San Angelo for the 13th day of the sexual assault trial of polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs. Jeffs received life in prison plus 20 years and a $10, 000 fine after being found guilty of sexual assault of a child and aggravated sexual assault of a child. Jeffs was found guilty on two counts of sexual assault of a child.

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Convicted polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs is escorted into the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 in San Angelo. The jury in Jeffs' sexual assault trial decided on a life sentence plus 20 years for the convicted FLDS leader.

Patrick Dove

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Polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs is escorted into the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 in San Angelo. Jeffs was found guilty on two counts of sexual assault of a child and was sentenced to life plus 20 years by a jury of 10 women and two men.

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"Justice has arrived for Warren Steed Jeffs," said Eric Nichols, special prosecutor for the state, after the sentencing was finished in the sexual assault case of the polygamist religious leader in San Angelo, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. Jeffs received life in prison plus 20 years and a $10,000 fine for one count of sexual assault of a child and one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

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Rebecca Musser, former wife of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints prophet Rulon Jeffs, enters the Tom Green County Courthouse for the 13th day of the trial of polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 in San Angelo. Jeffs was found guilty on two counts of sexual assault of a child and was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years.

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Defense attorneys Deric Walpole (left) and Jed Silverman walk to the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 for the 13th day of the sexual assault trial of polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs. The jury decided on a life sentence in prison plus 20 years for the convicted FLDS leader.

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State Judge Brbara Walther arrives at the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 for the 13th day of the sexual assault trial of polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs in San Angelo. The jury of 10 women and two men decided on a life sentence in prison plus 20 years for the convicted FLDS leader who was found guilty on two counts of sexual assault of a child.

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Warren Jeffs is led out of the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 after receiving life in prison plus 20 years and a $10,000 fine at the conclusion of the penalty phase of his sexual assault trial. It took a jury of 10 women and two men just 40 minutes to hand down the sentence.

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Members of the public and spectators of the court listen as Willie Jessop, former member of the polygamy-sanctioning Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, makes a statement after the sentencing of sect leader Warren Jeffs, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 in San Angelo. Jeffs was found guilty on one count of sexual assault of a child and one count of aggravated sexual assault and given life plus 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

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Prosecution witness Brent Jeffs walks into the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 for the last day of the trial of polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs. The jury, who convicted Jeffs on two counts of sexual assault of a child, decided on a life sentence plus 20 years in prison.